Manager Plant

William P. Haefner

*** *. ******* **. **********, Il. 60540 630-***-**** *******.*.*******@***.***

Profile

Cost conscious and analytical with history of success optimizing quality and production processes.

Increase safety, productivity, quality, and profitability through keen data analysis and process design; significantly

improve operations and provide efficient resolution of production issues. Identify opportunities for honing safety

standards and maximizing employee performance.

Skills Summary

Project Management Professional Union relations

Report Preparation Presentations, Lean technology, Kaizen

DuPont Stop and Safe PowerPoint, events, and 5S

Start safety certified Minitab, SAP Extensive Hazardous Material

Six Sigma training Scheduling, training

production control

Professional Experience

Interim superintendent Johnson Controls, Inc. July 2013 present

Interim Superintendent – Fully integrated plant with a continuous operations environment. Oversaw plant operations,

the health and well being of roughly 270 union hourly employees, 40 Salary employees, three department Area

Managers and twelve shift supervisors.

Managed labor union affairs including discipline, the employee grievance process and arbitration.

Johnson Controls Safety Gold Status award for FY13, zero OSHA recordable/lost time incidents in Q3 and Q4, 25%

reduction in plant bloodlead results.

Provide counsel, direction, and recommendations when appropriate to assist department heads in carrying out

assigned responsibilities.

Exercise direction over department heads and shift supervisors with respect to productivity, cost and quality of all

plant processes. Assures compliance with company policies, safety standards and good housekeeping practices.

Assists in selection, hiring and training of line supervision and production employees. Maintain conformance to

budgetary limitations in all departments. Improved plant overall productivity by 6% from Q2 to Q4.

Lead and supported initiatives promoting positive employee relations and employee engagement throughout

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the plant.

High performance team coordinator Johnson Controls, Inc. 2011 present

HPT coordinator in 2011, re energized the program by engaged both staff and hourly, driving innovation, action item

completion percentages, star point and job certification.

Manager of weekly, monthly and yearly plant score cards, procedures changes, and audit schedules, verification of

data and plant results.

Increased Star Pont Certification by 48% in 18 months

Increased Plant Scorecard results by 25% in 18 months

Increased Geneva HPT Action Item completion percentage to above 90% for all departments by initiating an action

item closure document.

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William P. Haefner

516 S. Sleight St. Naperville, Il. 60540 630-***-**** *******.*.*******@***.***

Safety Bloodlead Reduction Committee member – Championed the 2nd shift Bloodlead reduction team. Through

training and awareness was able to reduce employee BL results to below Johnson Controls standards for all 13

members on the team in 2012.

Plate making area manager Johnson Controls, Inc. 2007 2011

Department Manager of plate making, cast strip and a continuous operation oxide mill process.

Accountability for safety, quality and productivity, process improvements.

Coordinate labor union affairs including discipline, employee grievance process, and arbitration.

Six Sigma Green Belt methodology training, Lean Manufacturing principles, Kaizen, Current State Value Stream

Mapping events, Continuous Improvement teams.

Using data driven decisions to meet short and long term goals, fostering innovation within the department by creating

a team atmosphere, utilizing CI and engineering support, as well as upper management to drive improvements and

results. Championing QCO teams, VSM and Kaizen events, Black and Green belt project lead.

1st place at the 2010 Johnson Controls Quality Days “Team Rally” Plate making department was the Bata testing site

for the Six Sigma “Auto Plate Weight Variation Reduction” project. JCI chairman’s Award in 2010.

Zero OSHA recordable incidents, Zero OSHA lost time injuries, impeccable safety record within the plant.

2010/201l drove employee safety bloodlead results to zero employees over plant JCI requirements in all three leaded

areas.

5 Week Six Sigma/Lean Methodology training – Green Belt certification project to reduce variation in cast strip

thickness and optimize productivity.

Shipping area manager Johnson Controls, Inc. 2005 2007

Shipping department managers, three shift operation – 80k to 90k units weekly.

Managed department safety, quality, productivity, training, oversaw all employee discipline and union business.

Responsible for scheduling, battery decoration, quality control & customer concerns, truck loading processes

Working directly with shipping company to help manage trucking schedule, managing on time delivery and customer

order fill.

Interstate Supplier of the year award for 2006.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR Johnson Controls, Inc. 2002 2005

Supervised the manufacturing processes for all aspects of a lead and acid battery, including the lead oxide milling

process, lead plate making, COS, lead and acid battery formation, decoration and shipping.

Responsible for the safety of all department employees as well as the quality and productivity of the shift.

Managing the growth and development 10 30+ union hourly employees, all training, discipline, and development

planning.

SHIFT SUPERVISOR TEk PAK, Inc. 1995 2002

Extensive knowledge of various thermoforming processes specifically used for the carrier tape technology dedicated

for automated assembly and sub assembly of electronics and other SMT applications.

Broad understanding of mold manufacturing, designing philosophies and machine control.

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William P. Haefner

516 S. Sleight St. Naperville, Il. 60540 630-***-**** *******.*.*******@***.***

Professional Experience, continued

Vast experience of plastic extrusion, injection, and slitting processes

Responsible for the day to day operations of the machine maintenance department, including P.M. scheduling.

Responsible for standardizing the tape and reel process and all related taping processes.

Two month interim to help establish a new production facility, duties include machine set up and trouble

shooting, training and scheduling of employees, inventory, shipping duties, in addition to all day to day

plant operations.

One month of sales experience visiting suppliers and potential clients throughout Asia and Europe.

Participated in an accelerated 5 day course on the philosophies of injection molding. Mold design, and

techniques used in the set up process.

Employment History

Johnson Controls. – Geneva, IL.

Area Manager, 2005 to Present

Johnson Controls. – Geneva, IL.

Manufacturing Supervisor, 2002 to 2005

Tek pak, inc. – Batavia, IL.

Production Supervisor, 1994 to 2002

Figi’s Marshfield, WI.

1993 to 1994

Education

Bachleor Of Science, University Of wisconsin, stout – wisc.

May 1995 Industrial Technology, concentration in Manufacturing Engineering

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